Kansas · Census place 2030175
Harper, Kansas
Harper is a city in Harper County, Kansas with an estimated 1,293 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 162nd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,293
- #162 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -8 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 798 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Harper population, 2020 to 2024
Harper lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Harper covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 798 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Harper is less dense than the typical town.
What county Harper is in
All of Harper's residents live in Harper County, which had 5,413 residents in 2024. Harper holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harper
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harper by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67058. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Harper is
The Census internal point of Harper is at 37.285100, -98.027600. Topeka, the capital, is 176.4 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anthony, KS (2,052 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 46.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.285100, -98.027600
- DMS
- 37°17'6.36"N 98°01'39.36"W
- UTM
- 14N 586197.3E 4126943.3N
- Geohash
- 9ydk17d3r
- Plus code
- 86937XPC+2X
Daylight in Harper
At 37.29° N, Harper gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harper
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Anthony, 8.8 miles away, with 2,052 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harper, KS?
1,293 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.6%) from 1,301 in July 2020.
What county is Harper in?
Harper County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harper?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67058.
How far is Harper from Topeka?
176.4 miles (283.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Harper.
What is the nearest larger city to Harper?
Anthony, KS, with 2,052 residents, 8.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.